I know near to nothing about pregnant/parenting classes so please bear with me as you read the parenting/pregnant classes through out the story. It is just going to be tips I found on the internet and things I come up with.
Month 5
Victor and Logan woke up to the alarm clock and both groaned. It was 9 in the morning. Victor threw the alarm clock against the wall. He groaned sitting up. He was bigger. Logan helped Victor stand up. They got dressed. Logan in a tank top, plaid shirt, jeans, and boots. Victor in sweat pants, boots, a tank top, and also a plaid.
"We'll go get ya some clothes after the class," Logan said.
Victor nodded.
They had a quick breakfast then got into Victor's truck. Logan started it up as Victor put in his seat belt. Logan then put on his and drove down the driveway then onto the main road.
"Where do these classes take place?" Victor asked, one arm on the arm rest and the other on his belly.
"Local YMCA," Logan said.
They drove a little ways more into Bayville. After a few right and left turns they arrived at the YMCA. Logan parked the truck and turned it off. The undid they're seat belts and Logan got out and went to the other side to help Victor get out of his side. Victor opened the door and took Logan's hand, stepping out of the truck.
They walked thirty feet to the main doors and saw went to the office desk right beside the main doors. They walked to the desk. The woman had dark red hair, brown eyes, and was thirty.
"Excuse me, ma'am, we're lookin' for the parentin' class thing," Logan said. "I'm here with my brother."
She looked up at them. "Oh, yes, Charles Xavier called to make sure you two would get here. He told me I'd recognize you two," she smiled as she stood up. "I am so sorry for the loss of your wife, Mr. Creed. It is amazing that you are doing this for her and your family."
"Thanks, Ms. . ."
"Luanne Laurie," she said. "I'm the instructor for the classes. I'm just filling in for the secretary. Oh, there she is. She's almost to the doors."
Luanne walked from behind the desk. "You two are early. Ten minutes early. Follow me." She started left. They followed. "The classes take place in the gym. We use the curtain to split the gym. We get half and the other half is for the public. There are two doors to the gym, so that it will be easier for the pregnant women to get to the class. You know so there won't be an accident."
She opened the door to the class and walked in. They followed. Inside the half that was for the class had padded floor mats and there was a table facing the curtain (please remember, I'm making this up as I go because I know nothing of pregnant classes).
"This is it?" Victor asked as he winced in pain, his hands holding his back.
"For now," she said. "Oh, lets get you to sit down, Mr. Creed."
"C'mon, Victor." Logan led him to sit near the front of the desk. Logan sat down, his legs apart so that Victor can sit between them.
Luanne helped Victor sit between Logan's legs. Once Victor was settled, Logan started the massage.
"How far along are you, Mr. Creed?" she asked.
"Five months with twins," he said. "Call me Victor."
She nodded and looked to Logan. "It's so nice of you to help your brother, Mr. Creed."
"Thanks. My name ain't Creed, darlin'. It's Howlett. James Logan Howlett. You can call me Logan. We're half brothers. Have the same father."
"Nice to meet you, Logan."
"You, too." He turned back to Victor. "Feelin' any better?"
Victor nodded. "Yeah."
"These classes will be short. Half an hour long. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. From ten to ten-thirty every morning until you don't need to be here any more. Which is until a week before your due date. Do you know when it is?"
"Uh, late June. Early July. Somewhere around there."
She nodded. "Class is about to begin."
There were six other couples sitting on the padded floor mat. They were in a half circle in front of the desk. Everyone had introduced themselves. Now it was Victor and Logan's turn.
"Thank you all for coming. I hope that this class will help a lot. We have a special person here." She gestured to Logan and Victor.
Logan spoke up while Victor pretended to look sad. "I'm Logan and this is my half brother, Victor. Victor and his wife tried three times to have a child, but she couldn't carry one, so they decided that Victor would carry the child. It was successful. A month later when Vic was a month pregnant, his wife, Nancy, died in a car accident. Since then, I've been helpin' my brother through the months of his pregnancy with twins. He is now five months."
The women covered they're mouthes and said sorry and the men did, too. Logan and Victor nodded thanks and the class resumed.
"I'm sure most of you have felt your baby or babies kick?" Luanne asked.
The women and Victor said yes.
"Have the daddies and brother felt them kick?"
A few of the daddies and Logan nodded.
"Once a week I will be giving you a tip to bond with your unborn baby or babies. Here is a tip that we will be practicing: Talking with your baby or babies. As you go from one activity in your day to another, talk to your baby as though he or she or both were right there in front of you, tagging along in your arms, a wrap, a stroller, etc. Now, we'll be practicing this in a few minutes. We will also be doing some yoga, too, to help relax yourself. Now, tell your baby or babies about your day. Now take a few minutes and talk."
Victor looked down at his belly and looked around, seeing the women talk to their babies. He looked back at his belly and rubbed it. "We got up, got dressed, had some breakfast, then drove here to the YMCA to take pregnancy classes," he said to the twins. "That's all that has happened so far."
Victor continued rubbing his belly. Another woman who was done talking to her baby turned to Victor. She was sitting next to Victor and Logan.
"Excuse me, what kind of twins are you pregnant with?" she asked.
"Uh, not sure," he said, honestly. "I think one's a girl and one's a boy. So, fraternal twins maybe."
"Oh, wow. I am pregnant with boy twins," she said. She had black short hair with green eyes. "I'm so sorry about your wife."
Victor nodded thanks.
A few minutes later everyone was done talking to their babies.
"Now, we are going to do a few yoga poses that you can practice at home. The first pose we will do is the Warrior Pose. So get up and let's start."
They all got up and Luanne did the Warrior pose with her knee bent as forward as it could go and her arms in the air. Victor had a little trouble at first, but got the hang of it like the other men.
"The Warrior Pose stretches and strengthens the arms and legs, increases stamina, improves balance and concentration, and can also relieve backaches," she said. "This is a good pose to do, ladies and men."
They stayed like that for a few minutes.
Then she switched to a different pose. The Standing Side Stretch Pose. She stretched her sides. The others did this as well.
"The Standing Side Stretch is another Yoga Pose with two lines of energy radiating outward from your center," she said. "This is a simple Yoga Posture with a wonderful stretch in which one line of energy reaches upward from your belly and outward through the arm, and one line travels downward through the legs."
Luanne then did the Hero Pose. She sat on the back of her legs. Everyone did this.
"One of the fundamental seated postures is the Hero Pose. This serves as the initial position for several Asanas," she said. "It strengthens the arches of the feet, stretches the ankles, and improves posture. This Yoga Pose is ideal for people who have flat feet."
She stood up. "Alright. You can go back to your original seating posture if you want."
Most of the women did. Victor did, too, and laid against his lover/brother.
"We will learn different things: How to bathe your baby/babies, change them, some dressing, and feeding with formula or breastfeeding."
For the rest of the class, the women talked and Luanne came over to Victor.
"How are you doing, Victor?" she asked.
"I'm doin' fine," he said, wincing as one of the cubs or pups kicked his rib.
"That's good. I'm curious, how do you calm your babies down when they are kicking a lot?"
"I sing to them and Victor," Logan said. "I have a kind of dangerous job and they get nervous and worried when I go to work, so when I come home, I sing and it calms them down."
A few minutes later, the class was over and Victor and Logan headed out to the truck and headed home. Once home, they were walking up to their room when Hank stopped them on his way to the dinning room.
"How was your first class?" he asked.
"It was good," Logan and Victor said.
"Oh, Victor, since you and Logan have been busy, I got you the larger clothes that you will be needing for the remaining three months," Hank said. "Aren't you coming down to have lunch?"
They shook their heads.
"Nah, just wanna take a shower then go into town and get baby stuff," Victor said.
"Can we, like, come?" Kitty phased through a wall. Rogue, Jubilee, and Jean were at the kitchen door.
"Ain't ya suppose to be in school?" Logan asked.
"School got out early," Kitty said. "Can we please come?"
"Sure," Victor said. "After I shower."
"Is Logan going to shower with you?" Jubilee asked.
"Jubes, you don't, like, ask people that!" Kitty said.
"Yeah, it ain't yer business," Rogue said.
"Hey, no need to gang up on me. I was just wondering," Jubilee said.
Fifteen minutes later, Logan and Victor were coming down the stairs. The six of them got into the X-Van and headed into town. Victor and Logan already had a crib with a blanket and sheets for the twins and two changing tables. They needed some toys, books, a twin stroller, clothes, and diapers. The parked in front of a baby store that had the things they needed. They got out of the X-Van and headed in. The owner of the store was a friend to Charles and knew about Victor and Logan.
They entered and the woman who was the friend spoke from behind the desk. "If you need help with anything, call me."
They nodded and looked around. Victor and Logan looked at the onesies. Logan and Victor could smell that the twins were a boy and girl, so they got ten onesies for each baby that were blue and pink. The same with shirts. Jubilee came over with two onesies. They were white and said in comic coloring: Wonder Twin Powers Activate!
"Aren't they cute?" she said.
Logan and Victor chuckled. "Yeah," they said.
Rogue came over with another set of onesies that had the Yin and Yang symbols. "Yin is for the girl and Yang is for the boy."
Logan and Victor nodded.
Jean came over with some shirts that said: Double Trouble.
After an hour of shopping, They had plenty of clothes and a couple things of diapers. They decided to get books and toys later because of Victor's back and feet were killing him. They had paid for the stuff and headed back home. Victor and Logan took the couple of bags inside and the kids went to do whatever. The ferals headed to their room and sat on their bed.
Logan massaged Victor's back. "Maybe ya should do that Warrior Pose we learned today."
Victor growled, smiling. "I ain't doin' it when I got ya to massage the pain away."
After the massage, they laid in each other's arms until they fell asleep.
Later that night, Victor woke up to the babies kicking. His belly then growled. He thought about waking up Logan, but decided to let their daddy sleep. He looked at the clock. 8:00 pm. He got out of the bed and walked downstairs to the kitchen.
He entered and went to the fridge. "What should we get to eat, babies?" Victor rummaged through the fridge and found the pickle jar that he had claimed. It had his name written on it. He took that out then opened the freezer, finding a tub of chocolate fudge ice cream. He closed both doors and grabbed a bowl and spoon and sat at the island.
He put a couple scoops of ice cream in the bowl then put the cover back on and set the tub aside. Victor then dug into the ice cream and pickles. It tasted so good. He just got this sudden craving for ice cream and his hunger was starting to fade. The babies had relaxed, too. "The ice cream and pickles taste good, cubs/pups?" he asked smiling.
Both of them kicked. Victor chuckled and finished up. He then put the empty bowl and spoon in the sink then put the pickle jar back in the fridge and the ice cream back in the freezer. He headed back up to his and Logan's bedroom.
He laid back in bed and Logan turned over to face him. "Victor?"
"Yeah?"
"Marry me?" He opened the box he was hiding in his hands. There in the box laid a diamond ring.
"Yes, Jimmy." Victor kissed his baby brother/lover.
